Sequences in language and text /

The aim of this volume is to present the diverse but highly interesting area of the quantitative analysis of the sequence of various linguistic structures. The collected articles present a wide spectrum of quantitative analyses of linguistic syntagmatic structures and explore novel sequential lingui...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Macutek, J n; Mikros, George K.
Published: De Gruyter,
Publisher Address: Berlin/Boston :
Publication Dates: [2015]
©2015
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Quantitative linguistics [ql]; 69
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110362879
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Summary: The aim of this volume is to present the diverse but highly interesting area of the quantitative analysis of the sequence of various linguistic structures. The collected articles present a wide spectrum of quantitative analyses of linguistic syntagmatic structures and explore novel sequential linguistic entities. This volume will be interesting to all researchers studying linguistics using quantitative methods.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print edition.
ISBN: 9783110362879
Index Number: P98
CLC: H087
Contents: Frontmatter --
Foreword --
Contents --
Introduction /
Linguistic Analysis Based on Fuzzy Similarity Models /
Textual navigation and autocorrelation /
Menzerath-Altmann law versus random model /
Text length and the lambda frequency structure of a text /
Linguistic Motifs /
Linguistic Modelling of Sequential Phenomena /
Menzerath-Altmann Law for Word Length Motifs /
Is the Distribution of L-Motifs Inherited from the Word Length Distribution? /
Sequential Structures in "Dalimil s Chronicle" /
Comparative Evaluation of String Similarity Measures for Automatic Language Classification /
Predicting Sales Trends /
Where Alice Meets Little Prince --
A Probabilistic Model for the Arc Length in Quantitative Linguistics /
Subject Index --
Authors Index --
Authors addresses.